NAIA NATIONAL AWARDS DAY

As part of its first annual NAIA National Awards Day, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced its 10,000 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and over 2,000 NAIA Scholar Teams in 2019-2020.

Of the 17 Huntington University teams eligible to receive NAIA Scholar Team accolades, 15 teams met the 3.0 collective team GPA requirement.

HUNTINGTON SCHOLAR TEAMS
Women’s Cross Country | 3.651
Women’s Soccer | 3.637
Women’s Basketball | 3.600
Women’s Tennis | 3.562
Women’s Track & Field | 3.543
Women’s Golf | 3.488
Volleyball | 3.484
Softball | 3.441
Men’s Track & Field | 3.419
Men’s Cross Country | 3.414
Women’s Bowling | 3.192
Men’s Tennis | 3.168
Baseball | 3.151
Men’s Soccer | 3.093
Men’s Basketball | 3.076

Individually, 61 HU student-athletes, representing 68 total awards, were honored for their success in the classroom last year as an NAIA Scholar Athlete. In order to be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status.

HUNTINGTON SCHOLAR ATHLETES BY SPORT
Baseball: Cam Dice, Eli Knust, Daniel Lichty, Brent Turner
Basketball-Men: Konner Platt, Andrew Yoder
Basketball-Women: Alex Bope, Jade Clement, Whitney Dodds, Sarah Fryman, Sam Hammel, Cindy In’t Groen, Erin Mohr
Bowling-Men: Heath Atkins
Bowling-Women: Kyndal Collins, Brianna Fish
Cross Country-Men: Justin Ayres, Nick Childs
Cross Country-Women: Madison Glinz, Mara McFarland, Molly Mitchell, Hannah Stoffel, Bianca Tisdale
Golf-Men: Otto Bjartmarz
Golf-Women: Rachel Blauert, Alexandria Maris, Betsy Schroeder
Soccer-Men: Landon Baer, Mzati Banda, Stephen Brown, Reid Burton, Blake Cooke, Val De Coninck, Cam Dice, Noah Fleming, Nathan Orecchio, Luke Unger
Soccer-Women: Addalyn Brown, Jess Chojnacki, Katie Dorsey, Sandra Haraguchi, Madison Kidder, Kassidy Kreilach, Bailey O’Dell, Katie Sell
Softball: Sophia Beachy, Joelle Beals, Kennedy Krull, Hannah Shoupe, Mallory West
Tennis-Men: Brody Worl
Tennis-Women: Lisa Colling, Med Dolde
Track & Field-Men: Heath Atkins, Justin Ayres, Zach Williams
Track & Field-Women: Jess Chojnacki, Aspen Dirr, Holly Holton, Madison Hoover, Mara McFarland, Molly Mitchell, Hannah Stoffel, Emily Wellsand
Volleyball: Ariene Butler, Nicole Flickinger, Josephine Rammel, Jennings Tacosik

The NAIA National Awards Day recognizes the association’s highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student-athletes, administrators and coaches. Additionally, the association announced the seven-member class of the 2020-21 NAIA Hall of Fame.